"The US is trying to pervert everything that is going on in
Ukraine. They accuse us of turning on - what was called by John
Kerry in a prosecutorial tone - accuse us of switching on what
they called the ‘Putin propaganda machine’ called RT,” said
Lavrov during the press conference.

“Well, It’s not civilized to call the media like that,”
he said, adding that he can "understand John Kerry because RT
now presents serious competition for CNN and BBC and other media
outlets, which some time ago were confident that they had an
absolute monopoly and no competition could threaten them."

However, RT news channel has gathered a large audience among US
and European viewers, let alone in Latin America and the Arab
World, Lavrov said.

According to Lavrov, Russia will actively support these
independent views of RT, which are an alternative to what Western
propaganda tells the world.

During a press conference with the State Department on Thursday,
Secretary of State John Kerry rounded on RT, lashing out at its
Ukraine coverage.

“The propaganda bullhorn that is the state-sponsored RT program
has been deployed to promote – actually, RT network – has been
deployed to promote President Putin’s fantasy about what is
playing out on the ground,” Kerry said.